| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1125 Price realized: 650 CHF (Approx. 738 USD / 682 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Timarchos, usurper, 164-161 BC. Oktachalkon (Bronze, 37 mm, 33.14 g, 9 h), Ekbatana. Diademed head of Timarchos to right. Rev. ΒAΣΙ[ΛΕΩΣ / MEΓAΛO]Y - TIMAPXOY Nike standing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. SC 1598. Rare and with an unusually attractive portrait. Traces of corrosion and adjustment marks on the reverse as made, otherwise, good fine. From the collection of Walter Weise, Künker 347, 22 March 2021, 805 (with collector's ticket) and ex Peus 332, 23-28 October 1991, 257. Timarchos was a retainer of Antiochos IV who was first employed as ambassador to Rome and later became satrap of one of the eastern satrapies, most likely Media. When Demetrios I overthrew Antiochos V, Timarchos rebelled, quickly securing recognition from the Roman Senate and claiming the title of 'Great King' on his coins. The latter was an innovation - no previous Seleukid ruler had employed this title on their coins - and it probably served to link Timarchos to the Greco-Bactrian king, Eukratides I. The latter claimed the title of 'Great King' after his successful campaigns in India, and some of Timarchos' tetradrachms directly copy those of Eukratides, showing him wearing a Macedonian helmet on the obverse and the Dioskouroi on horseback on the reverse. All this indicates friendly relations between the two men, most likely in the face of common foes, such as the Parthians. Demetrios I, on the other hand, was building up his forces in Antioch and in early 161, he marched out against Timarchos, defeating and killing the rebellious governor in battle near Babylon. Starting price: 200 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1710 Price realized: 2,500 CHF (Approx. 2,842 USD / 2,639 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Timarchos, usurper, 164-161 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 16.50 g, 9 h), Ekbatana. Diademed and draped bust of Timarchos to right, wearing triple-crested Boeotian helmet. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY / [T]IMA[PXOY] The Dioskouri galloping to right, each holding spear in his right hand. HGC 9, 761. A. Houghton: Timarchus as king in Babylonia, in: RN 21 (1979), p. 214, A. SC 1589. Extremely rare, apparently the fifth known example. One of the key rarities in the Seleukid series, and of great historical importance. Somewhat rough and the reverse double struck, otherwise, very fine. From a North American collection. Timarchos was a retainer of Antiochos IV who was first employed as ambassador to Rome and later became satrap of one of the eastern satrapies, most likely Media. When Demetrios I overthrew Antiochos V, Timarchos rebelled, quickly securing recognition from the Roman Senate and claiming the title of 'Great King' on his coins. The latter was an innovation - no previous Seleukid ruler had employed this title on their coins - and it probably served to link Timarchos to the Greco-Bactrian king, Eukratides I. The latter claimed the title of 'Great King' after his successful campaigns in India, and Timarchos' extremely rare tetradrachms directly copy those of Eukratides, showing him wearing a Macedonian helmet on the obverse and the Dioskouroi on horseback on the reverse. All this indicates friendly relations between the two men, most likely in the face of common foes, such as the Parthians. Demetrios I, on the other hand, was building up his forces in Antioch and in early 161, he marched out against Timarchos, defeating and killing the rebellious governor in battle near Babylon. Starting price: 2500 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1702 Price realized: 15,000 CHF (Approx. 17,051 USD / 15,836 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Molon, usurper, 222-220 BC. AE (Bronze, 22 mm, 8.48 g, 10 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - MOΛΩNOΣ Apollo standing right, holding plektron in his right hand and kithara in his left; in outer left field, monogram. SC 949.3. Of the highest rarity and of great historical interest, one of a very few coins known of this usurper. Attractive earthen deposits on a green patina. Very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. When Antiochos I came to power, he gave the brothers Molon and Alexander satrapal rule over Media and Persia, respectively. However, both brothers rebelled the moment the king left Mesopotamia for his planned invasion of Egypt, once again throwing the Seleukid Empire into turmoil. Molon successfully defeated two smaller royal expeditions sent against him, adding all of Mesopotamia to his possessions, but when the now 17-year-old king himself moved against him in 220 BC, Molon's soldiers defected when they recognized the rightful heir to the throne on the battlefield. Seeing this, the usurper committed suicide, while his brother, Neolaos, fled to Persis, where he and Alexander killed their mother and Molon's children before also falling to the sword. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1723 Price realized: 85 CHF (Approx. 97 USD / 90 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Tryphon, circa 142-138 BC. AE (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.23 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Tryphon to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TPYΦΩNOΣ - AYTOKPATOPOΣ Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards facing to left, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; in lower field to left, star. SC 2034.2e. A beautiful piece with a very attractive brown patina. Some edge splits, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of Mark Gibbons, Newcastle, acquired from Timeline Auctions. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1421 Price realized: 65 CHF (Approx. 74 USD / 69 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LYDIA. Magnesia ad Sipylum. 2nd-1st century BC. AE (Bronze, 24 mm, 9.71 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Herakles to right. Rev. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ - ΣΙΠΥΛΟΥ Athena standing front, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and resting her left on shield; to upper left, ΣΑ. GRPC Lydia 22. SNG Copenhagen 242-4 var. (differing controls). SNG München 222-224 var. (differing controls). Rare with this control. Minor pitting, otherwise, about very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 1227 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| VAuctions > NBJ Auction 11 | Auction date: 7 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 17 Price realized: 700 USD (Approx. 647 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA: Timarchos. Usurper, 164-161 BC. AE Follis. Ekbatana mint. Diademed head right. Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. (29.22gm, 34mm) Very Fine and Very Rare. Estimate: 1200 USD Starting price: 700 USD |  |
